A relatively freaky tricky treaty for you with this installment. The fourth and by far the strangest mix to date. As ever, the most pleasing old and new music heard in recent weeks feature; frequently with a relatively ugly undercurrent of terror-stricken torment.

In keeping with the oft-overlooked notion of good old fashioned fun and also timed to coincide with the scariest event on the yearly calendar, here’s my Halloween special mix.

We kick off with NY’s No Wave electronic pioneers, Suicide’s ghostly tune from their 1977 eponymous debut, devils come courtesy of Joakim and Scratch Perry , Dogs of War provide the pirates, zombies are more Fela Kuti’s bag and  Sexual Harrassment need a freak. Some ridiculous hip-hop halloween edit of Morrissey (with whom the responsibility for this lies I have no idea), Capracara, Supermax, Ariel Pink and John Cooper Clarke are all in town this week too.

Spooking hell! Time to get off your monkey nut.

Tracklist

1. Suicide – Ghost Rider
2. Mogwai – Kids Will Be Skeletons
3. Dan Deacon – Padding Ghost
4. Joakim – Devil With No Tail
5. Scars – Horrorshow
6. Morrissey – Nonsense Halloween edit
7. Mari Boine vs Mungolian Jet Set – It Ain’t Necessarily Evil
8. Dogs of War – Love Pirate
9. Fela Kuti and Africa 7 – Zombie
10. Supermax – Spooky
11. Capracara – King of the Witches
12. Sexual Harrassment – I Need A Freak
13. Lee Scratch Perry – Disco Devil
14. Peter Tosh – Dracula (Vampire version)
15. John Cooper Clarke – I Married A Monster From Outer Space
16. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Among Dreams
17. Mark Fry – The Witch